I have been a fan of Anne Rice since I discovered Interview With the Vampire back in 1976. In fact I still have the original paperback copy, torn and dog-eared and practically in tatters from many readings. If you have also read this wonderful book, try to remember how it felt to read it before […]
Hitting bookshelves and digital reading devices today is Matt Ruff’s latest, The Mirage, a mind-bending alternate history tale of “what if:” What if the events of 9/11 were reversed, and America attacked Iraq instead of the other way around? Here’s the description from Amazon: 11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijack four jetliners. They fly two into the […]
I received a review copy of Curbchek from the author, and was immediately struck by the intriguing cover. Curbchek describes the gritty, day-to-day working life of a cop on the city streets, and that cop’s name is Zach Fortier, just like the author. Now, I’ve actually read quite a few books where the author decides […]
This week I would like to introduce C. G. Bauer, author of Scars on the Face of God: The Devil’s Bible, which was originally published by the now-defunct Drollerie Press in 2008. It has recently been reissued as an e-book, which is lucky for us, because hopefully more people will have the chance to read […]
This Tuesday’s Top Ten theme, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is great picks for Book Clubs, a subject that is near and dear to my heart, since I’ve been in a book club for the past six years. My book club has read some of these, and the others are ones I either […]
Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler both had published books under their belts before they got together to write The Future of Us, their new collaboration that came out at the end of 2011. Jay Asher is known for the bestselling Thirteen Reasons Why, and Carolyn Mackler has published five other young adult novels, including The […]
I am happy to introduce R.H. Russell, author of Venture Untamed, which I am reviewing today, and its sequel Venture Unleashed. Russell has eighteen years of training in judo and other martial arts, and that experience really shows in the fighting scenes. Venture Untamed is marketed as YA fantasy, probably because of Venture’s age (twelve […]
Hitting bookshelves and libraries tomorrow is Margot Livesey’s latest, The Flight of Gemma Hardy. I am sad to say I’ve never read her before, but that will change because I really want to read this book! Here’s the description from Amazon: When her widower father drowns at sea, Gemma Hardy is taken from her native […]
If you’re like me and mourning the absence of American Horror Story, you should check out The Fades, a new BBC America series that premiered last week. Here’s a short description of the story from the BBC website: THE FADES, the coming-of-age fantasy drama from writer Jack Thorne (This is England ’86, Skins, Shameless), earned […]
I read Sick and Exit 9 back-to-back in one frantic, tense, and exciting week, and I’m glad I did. Sick is the first book in the Project Eden trilogy, and introduces us to a group of bio-terrorists who want to rid the world of 99.9% of the population in order to start a new and […]